Legal Opinion
Etim U. Aka v. Washington Hospital Center
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 9, 1998No. 96-7089PublishedCited by 1,290 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting Opinion filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON, with whom SILBERMAN, WILLIAMS and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, join.
Dissenting Opinion filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN, with whom WILLIAMS and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, join.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
In 1991, Etim U. Aka (“Aka”) underwent heart bypass surgery, and thereafter was unable to perform his prior job as an orderly at Washington Hospital Center (“WHC”). After several of his applications for vacant positions at WHC were turned down, he sued WHC in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming that WHC in its hiring…
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